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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in online education technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Davidson College to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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